stammtevsstimmtsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: stammte is a verb, stimmts is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“stammte” is a verb and “stimmts” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,489
“stammte” frequency rank
#36,649
“stimmts” frequency rank
50138
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stammte stimmts
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs stammen stimmt es

Letter map: stammte vs stimmts

Shared letters muted; letters that set stammte and stimmts apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. stammte (CCVCCCV) and stimmts (CCVCCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
stammte
7 ch
stimmts

Part-of-speech tell for stammte / stimmts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stammte is averb and stimmtsanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50138, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stammte is recorded at frequency rank #13,489, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʃtamtə]. stimmts is at rank #36,649, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 50138, this pair ranks #1,185,192 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of stammte vs stimmts

Shared letters: mst. Private to "stammte": ae. Private to "stimmts": i.

"stammte" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV  ·  "stimmts" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stammte ← satmmte · sstammte · stammet · stammtte · stamte · stamtme · stmamte · sttammte
  • stimmts ← sitmmts · sstimmts · stimmtss · stimmtts · stimtms · stimts · stmimts · sttimmts

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "stammte" and "stimmts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "stammte" is a verb and "stimmts" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "stammte" or "stimmts"?
"stammte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,489 in our German list, against #36,649 for "stimmts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "stammte" and "stimmts". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stammte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stimmts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,185,192 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stammte" and "stimmts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs stimmts". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,185,192 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list